Bottle-wrapper.



P. T. CLARK.

BOTTLE WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1912.

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PETER T. CLA, 0F ROKBURLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Fa-tent.

lPatented Get. 21, 1913.

hpplicationfiled Qctohe 26,.1 12- eria .-Np- 3 ..40.

.To all whom itmay concern Be it known that I, PETER fl. CLARK, .a

citizen of the United States, and ,resident of Boxbury, county of Suflolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inBottle-Wrappers, of which the fol-lowlng description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel and efficient bottle wrapper particularly adapted for use in packing bottled beverages for transportation, .to pre- I .vent the contact of the glass bodies of ad-f .jacent bottles.

In packing bottled beer or similar beverter, with the bottle necks inward, and

wrappers of various kinds are used to pre-' vent contact between adjacent bottles. Such wrappers must be inex ensive, .yet they must also have suficient ody to protect the bottle, and in accordance with my present invention I have provided a wrapper which can'be cut or stamped out of asteboard or ies in a very similar material by suitable inexpensive manner.

In the present embodiment of my invention the bottle wrapper, which is intended for use with bottles having the so-called Crown or other sealing cap, comprises a body portion of flexible, protective material' foldable longitudinally to form two bottleembracing sides, each side having at one end a retaining extension. Each extensionhas a substantially circular aperture therein, and a flexible segmental lip extending into the aperture, the apertures being so located that when the extensions are folded or turned inward, one upon another, the two apertures will register for the reception of the neck of the bottle. After the neck has been passed through the overlapped extensions the retaining lips are posltioned to engage the lower edge of the sealing cap, thereby retaining the wrapper in. place upon the bottle, so that it can be easily handled and The various novel features of my invention will be fully described in .the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claim.

Figure 1 .isa perspective .View of a bottle wrapper -.embodying one practical form of mypresentinvention; Fig.2 is a view ofthe wrapper spreadout fiat, as it appears before being .bent or folded for application to a bottle; .Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the upper part of a bottle showing the wrapper applie tothe same, and held thereon by the retaining means; Fig. 4 is a sectional detail taken .through the body portions of several bottles and their wrappers, to illustrate the protective ..character of .the wrapper when .in use.

In accordance with my invention the bottle wrappercomprises acbody portion, made of pasteboard'or other suitable flexible material, grooved or scored centrally and longitudinally at '1, Fig. 2, ,to form two like sides 2, 2, shown as rectangular, and of suflicient length to extend from the base of .a bottle nearly to its sealing cap.

.The sides are made wide enough to em-- brace the bottle more than half way around when in use, as shown in Fig. .4, and I prefer to rib or corrugate the sides longitudinally for a portion of their length from their-lower ends, as at 3.

Each side has formed thereon at its opposite end an extension 4, andI prefer to groove or score the material along the line 5, at the base of each extension, to facilitate folding of the latter inward.

The extensions are separated from each other at their adjacent edges, as shown in Fig. 2, along a continuation of the central folding line 1 of the body, so that each extension can be folded over inward substantially at right angles to its own side 2, along the line 5. Now, by folding the sides 2, 2 toward each other alongthe line 1 said inturned extensions will be made to overlap, as shown in Fig. 3.

Each extension is provided with a substantially circular aperture 6, and a preferably segmental lip 7 is extended into the aperture, said apertures being so located that they will register when the extensions 4 are overlapped. Said apertures are of such a size that the capped neck of the bottle can be passed through them, and referring to Fig. 3 the neck 8 of the bottle is shown as provided with a Crown or similar seal 9.

' When the seal is pushed through the apertures of the overlapped extensions 4 the lips 7 are upturned, and one or both of the said lips will lie against the neck below the overhanging lower edge of the seal 9. This prevents the extensions from slipping 01f the neck and thereby the wrapper is held in place on the bottle,'the sides 2, 2 diverging from the line of fold 1 and embracing the body 10 of the bottle.

The corrugated portions 3 of the wrapper sides assist in the protective action of the wrapper, and in practice they extend preferably from the lower ends ofthe sides up to about opposite the breast of the bottle for which the wrap er is designed.

Referring to Fig. 4 I have shown two bottles of a layer, supposed to be in a barrel, and each is provided with one of my improved wrappers. It will be noted that the sides 2 embrace the. body of the bottle and project far enough around it to intervene between adjacent bottles, the corrugated portions 3 being interposed between contiguous bodies and eifectually preventing one bottle from contacting with another. The sides slope upward and toward each other to their junction above the bottle, and the adjacent sides of two contiguous wrappers afford a resting place for the bottle, as 10*, of the layer or tier next above.

It will be apparent that the wrapper shown in Figs. 1 and 2' can be out or stamped from suitable material at a single operation, and the user has nothing to do but bend the sides toward each other and fold the extensions 4, 4 inward one upon another when it is desired to apply a wrapper to a bottle.

The device is very efiicient, it can be made and sold very cheaply, and after use can be thrown away. It is cleanly, and superior to straw or similar packing material.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

As an article of manufacture, a bottle wrapper comprising a body portion of flexible, protective material foldable longitudinally from end to end to form bottle-embracing sides, each side having at one end an extension provided with a bottle-neckreceiving aperture and a segmental bottlecap-engaging lip extending into the aperture from the wall thereof, the said sides being longitudinally corrugated from their opposite ends for a portion of their length, the extensions being foldable substantially at right angles to the sides and overlapped upon one another to bring the apertures into register for the reception of the bottle neck and thereby to position the lips for engagement with the lower edgeof the sealing ca fn testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER T. CLARK.

Witnesses BEssiE G. MORRIS, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND. 

